Chapter I: Part II: From the Commercial Standpoint

THE TRUE LIGNUM-VITAE OF COMMERCE

_General Considerations_ 21 _Present Sources of Supply_ 22 _Future Sources of Supply_ 26 _Value of Lignum-vitae Imports from 1900 to 1919_ 28 _Uses of Lignum-vitae_ 28 _Resin of Guaiacum: Its Properties and Uses_ 35

SUBSTITUTES FOR TRUE LIGNUM-VITAE

_Woods of the Lignum-vitae Family_ 38 _Woods of Other Families_ 39

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 44

REFERENCES 45 PLATES 49

LIGNUM-VITAE

A STUDY OF THE WOODS OF THE ZYGOPHYLLACEAE WITH REFERENCE TO THE TRUE LIGNUM-VITAE OF COMMERCE--ITS SOURCES, PROPERTIES, USES, AND SUBSTITUTES

BY SAMUEL J. RECORD _Professor of Forest Products, Yale University_